Skein-clip.



PATENTED OUT. 3, 1905.

L. DBSTREE.

SKEIN CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27, 1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @EETCE.

SKElN-CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

Application filed August 2'7, 190-1. Serial No. 222,398.

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Be it known that I, LOUIS DnsTnnn, manufacturer, a subject of theKing-of Belgium, residing at Haren, Belgium, have invented new anduseful Improvements in or Relating to the Dyeing of Hanks of Yarns; andI do hereby declare the following to bc afull, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

This invention relates to an improved apparatus and devices for formingskeins of yarn into continuous bands capable of being treated by thesame processes and on the same apparatus as those used in dyeingfabrics, so that the skeins insteadofeach requiring aseries of accessoryoperations as hitherto effected by skilled handwork are dyed in the sameway as fabrics in a continuous and economical manner.

The various operations for forming skeins into continuous bands areillustrated, by way of example, in the accompanying drawings, which alsoshow a few examples of clips used in forming bands of skeins.

Figure 1 shows a mechanical device enabling bands of skeins to be formedin a continuous manner before they are introduced into the dye-bath.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a stick serving to receive the halves ofthe clips during the formation of the band of skeins. Figs. 3 and 4 showdiagrammatically two methods of carrying out the operation of formingthe bands. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the double hooks of the deviceshown in Fig. 1. Figs. 6, T, 8, and 9 are various constructions ofclips. Figs. 10 and 11 show a skein on a clip. Fig. 12 shows a band ofskeins.

The formation of the said bands is effected in the following manner andby means of the device shown in Fig. 1: This device comprises tworollers l 2, capable of turning in bearings 3, secured to the wall orsupport, preferably above the dyeing-bath. The upper roller 1 isprovided with a crank 4. Over these two rollers pass endless belts 5 6,provided with double hooks 7, Fig. 5, or their equivalents, secured tothe belts at suitable intervals for receiving the ends of thehollow-channel formstick 8, of semicircular cross-section, on which canbe placed any number of skeins to be dyed after the two halves of one ofthe clips (shown, by way of example, in Figs. 6 to 9) have been placedinto the groove of the stick. (SeeFig.3.) Thestick,withtheskeins, beingsuspended on the hooks of the belts 5 and 6, one of the halves of theclip is lowered along the threads of the skeins until that half is atthe bottom end of the skeins arranged on the stick 8. This series ofskeins is then lowered to a suitable extent by turning the crankaorotherwise until it occupies the position a, Fig. 1, and a second stick8, also containing two clip-halves and carrying a series of skeins, issuspended from the hooks 7 above the skeins a, as shown at b, Fig. 1.One halfclip of the upper stick is then lowered along the upper skeins7) (as previously for (0) until it arrives at the lower end of theseries 6, where the two clip-halves are joined, one of the series a andthe other of the series 6, Figs. 3 and t. The rollers 1- and 2 are againoperated by the crank i to lower the series a and Z), and a new seriesis suspended to the hooks and connected up in the same way. After eachconnection of two series of skeins the stick 8 is withdrawn, as it ismerely used for temporarily suspending the skeins.

The different series of skeins can be connected to each other by anysuitable flat form of clip. Fig. 6 shows a clip the two halves of whichare formed by fiat bars or bands 9 and 10, provided on their inner edgeswith projections 11, serving to prevent the skeins from slidinglaterally. The band 9 is provided at the two ends with two hooks 12,capable of engaging two eyes 13 in the other band 10, as well as a hook14:, arranged in the center of the band 9 and capable of engaging withan eye 15 on the band 10. Fig. 7 shows a similar clip, except that theprojections 11 are replaced by recesses 16. In the clip shown in Fig. 8the two bands 9 and 10 are provided with opposite inwardly-directedfingers 17, provided with corresponding holes, through which passes aniron wire 18, which forms the connection.

Fig. 9 shows another construction of a clip before and after theconnection of the two halves.

The band or chain of skeins having been formed in the manner described,it can be drawn through the dyeing-bath as it is being formed, or theband can be rolled up on a roller 19, Fig. 12, whence it will besubsequently unwound for dyeing, as is generally done with fabrics.

This method of dyeing yarns previously formed into bands of any desiredlength and width enables the work to be carried on very quickly,cheaply, and hygienically and to be carried out by ordinary workmen andrequires less labor than dyeing according to the method hithertoemployed.

Having fully described my invention, What I desire to secure by LettersPatent is .In a clip for forming series of hanks of yarn into acontinuous band, the combination with a flat flexible metal bar, alongitudinal eye at the upper edge of each end of said bar, a projectingeye at the central part of the same, and a plurality of suitableprojections on the upper edge of the bar, the distance between saidprojections corresponding to the Width of a hank of yarn, of a secondflat flexible bar, a down\vardly-extending hook at each end of saidsecond bar and adapted to be engaged into the longitudinal eyes of thefirsting Witnesses. J

LOUIS .DESTREE. WVitnesses:

CHARLES HoUvEY, GREGORY PHELAN.

